The second of our two weeks in Venice with Charlie Hall will take you beyond La Serenissima itself, to the islands of the lagoon, Giotto's magnificent frescoes in Padua and the Palladian villas of the Veneto. A series of world-class experts will give lectures on Venetian cuisine, opera and modern art.

The John Hall Course was founded in 1965 and provides in-depth residential courses for gap year students in Venice. Our special itineraries, hosted and designed by Charlie Hall, incorporate the highlights of their six-week course in a shorter format: either five, eight or 13 nights in total.

Accommodation is at a comfortable Kirker hotel and a series of lectures are given by international experts. We visit during the winter season, when the city is at its most alluring, with fewer visitors and an atmospheric mist rolling in from the lagoon. Over the course of our stay, we will enjoy daily talks from a range of renowned speakers on Venetian culture and history as well as visits to museums, art galleries and churches, and excursions to Padua, Asolo, the Veneto countryside and the islands of the Venetian lagoon.

For details of the first tour click here.

For the full programme over two weeks, click here.